Highlights
- Union Minister Thakur said digital media has revolutionised news transmission
- He said Centre would soon bring a new law to replace the 1867 Press and Registration of Books Act
- The I&B minister also urged media to work ‘responsibly’
Digital media regulation: Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur said that the government is drafting a bill to regulate digital media.
Speaking at an event on Wednesday (November 23), he claimed that while news transmission used to be one-way in the past, it has now evolved to include multiple dimensions owing to the growth of electronic and digital media.
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